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Title
Interview with Robert Federico
Additional title: Robert Federico interview
Names
Parker/Hodges Productions (Production company)
Estate of Felipe Gorostiza (Funder)
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Billy Rose Theatre Division, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive (Producer)
Federico, Robert Weber (Interviewee)
Espejo, Ramón, 1969- (Interviewer)
Sánchez, Rafael (Producer) (Interviewee)
Sánchez, Rafael (Producer) (Interviewer)
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Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 2025
Place: New York
Library locations
Theatre on Film and Tape Archive
Shelf locator: NCOW 457
Topics
Federico, Robert Weber
Federico, Robert Weber -- Friends and associates
Sánchez, Rafael (Producer)
Buch, René -- Friends and associates
Zaldívar, Gilberto -- Friends and associates
Colon, Miriam -- Friends and associates
Brito, Silvia -- Friends and associates
Albee, Edward, 1928-2016. Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? -- Adaptations
Colon, Miriam
Repertorio Español (Theatrical company : New York, N.Y.)
Hispanic American theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Theater -- New York (State) -- New York
Friends and associates
Hispanic American theater
Musical theater
Theater
United States
New York (State) -- New York
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Billy Rose Theatre Division, Douglas Reside, curator.
Content: Title from opening credits.
Performers: Intervewed by Dr. Ramón Espejo and Rafael Sánchez.
Venue: Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division for the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Harvey Fierstein Theatre Lab, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., February 12, 2025.
Funding: Recorded with the financial assistance of the Estate of Felipe Gorostiza.
Language: The interview is conducted in English.
Content: Forms part of the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Billy Rose Theatre Division.
Content: Closed captioning for this video was created using an automatic speech recognition system.
Physical Description
Born digital
Extent: 1 videodisc (DVD) (116 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inches
Description
Robert Weber Federico, executive producer emeritus at Repertorio Español, discusses his career with Ramón Espejo and Rafael Sánchez, the latter of whom is now the company's artistic director. Federico, who grew up in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City, has loved theater since childhood. Just out of college in the early 1970s, he began working at Repertorio Español on a casual basis. Within a short time, he was designing sets and doing administrative work. This led to a career of over fifty years with the company, eventually as its leader. He talks of the history of the company and several of its memorable productions, including a Spanish language staging of Who's afraid of Virginia Woolf? featuring Silvia Brito. He discusses how theater has changed in the course of his career, and reminisces about his mentors and associates, including Gilberto Zaldívar, René Buch, and Miriam Colon.Rafael Sánchez, who interviews Federico, also answers questions about his own experiences guiding Repertorio Español, which he joined as artistic director in 2021.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 1527913292
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23678524
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b23761757
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 67249c40-5ab8-013e-f567-0242ac110002
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  • 2025: Digitized
  • 2025: Issued
  • 2026: Found by you!
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Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Robert Federico" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2025. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03848c80-5b72-013e-6e4d-0242ac110003

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Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Robert Federico" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed September 19, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03848c80-5b72-013e-6e4d-0242ac110003

APA Format

Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, The New York Public Library. (2025). Interview with Robert Federico Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/03848c80-5b72-013e-6e4d-0242ac110003

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Interview with Robert Federico